nice job alan

"dwjones45" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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webb gets [censored] slapped again in the 1500 meters final by finishing 9th
out of 12. this is just another in the long line of pathetic performances
by the american distance runners. way to go alan.

I'm sorry - what's your 1500 PR?

Dave

David Geesaman said:

"dwjones45" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

webb gets [censored] slapped again in the 1500 meters final by finishing
9th out of 12. this is just another in the long line of pathetic
performances by the american distance runners. way to go alan.

I'm sorry - what's your 1500 PR?

Dave

i have never been a 1500 meter runner. however back in the mid 80's(i am 53)
i set pr's of 31:57 in the 10k and 2:30:11 in the marathon. as for alan he
does set good times in races which mean nothing. it seems at least in the
last 2 years when it comes to the biggest races(the olympic 1500 final and
the world t&f championship final) alan has been less the steller in his
performance. fading badly in the last lap and finishing 9th in a field of 12
is not something to be proud of especially when many were predicting a top 5
finish for alan.

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dwjones45 said:

webb gets [censored] slapped again in the 1500 meters final by finishing 9th out
of 12. this is just another in the long line of pathetic performances by the
american distance runners. way to go alan.

You are just another jealous anti-American. In America, nobody is a
loser. Everyone is a winner. Alan, you, me.... everyone...
And if you are not supporting him, you are against him. So you are
against all of us.

Now, grow up.

TBR

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David Geesaman said:

"dwjones45" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

webb gets [censored] slapped again in the 1500 meters final by finishing
9th out of 12. this is just another in the long line of pathetic
performances by the american distance runners. way to go alan.

I'm sorry - what's your 1500 PR?

Dave

i have never been a 1500 meter runner. however back in the mid 80's(i am
53) i set pr's of 31:57 in the 10k and 2:30:11 in the marathon. as for
alan he does set good times in races which mean nothing. it seems at least
in the last 2 years when it comes to the biggest races(the olympic 1500
final and the world t&f championship final) alan has been less the steller
in his performance. fading badly in the last lap and finishing 9th in a
field of 12 is not something to be proud of especially when many were
predicting a top 5 finish for alan.

There is always more to it, and to simply say " the long line of
pathetic performances by the american distance runners" is to oversimplify
it and not give enough credit to the ones who are winning. You're bashing
him over only two races, both of which follow several qualifying trial
heats. I'm not a cum-by-ya / everybody's a winner on the inside person, but
maybe the guy's had some bad luck. Winning races like that takes more than
going to the front and hanging on.

My point is that without knowing the splits, without knowing Webb's PRs
vs the times that ended up winning, etc (maybe you do but I don't and you
didn't mention them) it's unfair to say pathetic performance. Maybe he felt
good and gambled with the fast pace (ala Billy Mills), maybe his coach feels
that this kind of front-running will best develop him to that level, we
don't know that. Maybe he felt it really was a bad performance. If you
really did know how to race well, I think you wouldn't be armchairing QB'ing
so pathetically. Go yell at a football game or something, where you'll have
company with other out-of-touch whiners.

Dave

David Geesaman said:

My point is that without knowing the splits, without knowing Webb's PRs
vs the times that ended up winning, etc (maybe you do but I don't and you
didn't mention them) it's unfair to say pathetic performance.

Webb was a 3:32 guy going up against a bunch of 3:30 guys (5 of them). He has
been running well lately (3:48 mile), and did well to get into the final (note
that some good runners were eliminated, including Komen!) so a top 5 wasn't out
of the question.

Quoted message said:

Maybe he felt
good and gambled with the fast pace (ala Billy Mills), maybe his coach feels
that this kind of front-running will best develop him to that level, we
don't know that.

It was his best bet. He would never have beaten those guys in a kickers race.
His strategy was just fine but he was out of gas, and up against some very fast
guys.

As for dwjones, he's just trolling/whining, as always.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

dwjones45 said:

does set good times in races which mean nothing. it seems at least in the
last 2 years when it comes to the biggest races(the olympic 1500 final and
the world t&f championship final) alan has been less the steller in his
performance. fading badly in the last lap and finishing 9th in a field of 12

He did actually have to beat a number of other runners to be in that "field of
12" in the first place. Some good runners, including Baala and Komen didn't
make the cut.

Quoted message said:

is not something to be proud of especially when many were predicting a top 5
finish for alan.

There were 5 guys in that race with 3:30 PRs, compared to his 3:32. It's not
like it was the NCAA or something -- those other guys were also very good. Top
5 was possible, but he would have had to beat the odds to do that.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

Donovan Rebbechi said:

David Geesaman said:

My point is that without knowing the splits, without knowing Webb's PRs
vs the times that ended up winning, etc (maybe you do but I don't and you
didn't mention them) it's unfair to say pathetic performance.

Webb was a 3:32 guy going up against a bunch of 3:30 guys (5 of them). He has
been running well lately (3:48 mile), and did well to get into the final (note
that some good runners were eliminated, including Komen!) so a top 5 wasn't out
of the question.

I jumped up and down screaming at the bugger to go faster. ``Dude, I
want you to swing way out to lane 6 and zoom by all those motherf**kers
like they're standing still!'' But alas, to no avail. The reality is
that no amount of long-distance cheerleading can change events depicted
in a video that was shot hours ago. If it's a live broadcast, maybe
there is a chance ...

On 11 Aug 2005 16:58:05 -0700, "Kaz Kylheku" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I jumped up and down screaming at the bugger to go faster. ``Dude, I
want you to swing way out to lane 6 and zoom by all those motherf**kers
like they're standing still!'' But alas, to no avail. The reality is
that no amount of long-distance cheerleading can change events depicted
in a video that was shot hours ago. If it's a live broadcast, maybe
there is a chance ...

Man O man, we got a live one here...

TBR

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."
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Kaz Kylheku said:

Donovan Rebbechi said:

David Geesaman said:

My point is that without knowing the splits, without knowing Webb's PRs
vs the times that ended up winning, etc (maybe you do but I don't and you
didn't mention them) it's unfair to say pathetic performance.

Webb was a 3:32 guy going up against a bunch of 3:30 guys (5 of them). He has
been running well lately (3:48 mile), and did well to get into the final (note
that some good runners were eliminated, including Komen!) so a top 5 wasn't out
of the question.

I jumped up and down screaming at the bugger to go faster. ``Dude, I
want you to swing way out to lane 6 and zoom by all those motherf**kers
like they're standing still!'' But alas, to no avail. The reality is
that no amount of long-distance cheerleading can change events depicted
in a video that was shot hours ago. If it's a live broadcast, maybe
there is a chance ...

Hah! So it's *your* fault for not getting the live WCSN feed! Now if you'd
cheered him on *then*, he would have medalled !!

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

"dwjones45" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

David Geesaman said:

"dwjones45" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

webb gets [censored] slapped again in the 1500 meters final by finishing
9th out of 12. this is just another in the long line of pathetic
performances by the american distance runners. way to go alan.

I'm sorry - what's your 1500 PR?

Dave

i have never been a 1500 meter runner. however back in the mid 80's(i am
53) i set pr's of 31:57 in the 10k and 2:30:11 in the marathon. as for
alan he does set good times in races which mean nothing. it seems at least
in the last 2 years when it comes to the biggest races(the olympic 1500
final and the world t&f championship final) alan has been less the steller
in his performance. fading badly in the last lap and finishing 9th in a
field of 12 is not something to be proud of especially when many were
predicting a top 5 finish for alan.

Yeah, he should hang up the spikes.

"Kaz Kylheku" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Donovan Rebbechi said:

David Geesaman said:

My point is that without knowing the splits, without knowing Webb's
PRs
vs the times that ended up winning, etc (maybe you do but I don't and
you
didn't mention them) it's unfair to say pathetic performance.

Webb was a 3:32 guy going up against a bunch of 3:30 guys (5 of them). He
has
been running well lately (3:48 mile), and did well to get into the final
(note
that some good runners were eliminated, including Komen!) so a top 5
wasn't out
of the question.

I jumped up and down screaming at the bugger to go faster. ``Dude, I
want you to swing way out to lane 6 and zoom by all those motherf**kers
like they're standing still!'' But alas, to no avail. The reality is
that no amount of long-distance cheerleading can change events depicted
in a video that was shot hours ago. If it's a live broadcast, maybe
there is a chance ...

I watched it live and was cheering pretty hard. Still did no good.

Top 5 was a pipe dream...

"Donovan Rebbechi" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

dwjones45 said:

does set good times in races which mean nothing. it seems at least in the
last 2 years when it comes to the biggest races(the olympic 1500 final
and
the world t&f championship final) alan has been less the steller in his
performance. fading badly in the last lap and finishing 9th in a field of
12

He did actually have to beat a number of other runners to be in that
"field of
12" in the first place. Some good runners, including Baala and Komen
didn't
make the cut.

Quoted message said:

is not something to be proud of especially when many were predicting a
top 5
finish for alan.

There were 5 guys in that race with 3:30 PRs, compared to his 3:32. It's
not
like it was the NCAA or something -- those other guys were also very good.
Top
5 was possible, but he would have had to beat the odds to do that.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

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The Bill Rodgers said:

On 11 Aug 2005 16:58:05 -0700, "Kaz Kylheku" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I jumped up and down screaming at the bugger to go faster. ``Dude, I
want you to swing way out to lane 6 and zoom by all those motherf**kers
like they're standing still!'' But alas, to no avail. The reality is
that no amount of long-distance cheerleading can change events depicted
in a video that was shot hours ago. If it's a live broadcast, maybe
there is a chance ...

Man O man, we got a live one here...

At least he is not dead wood like you.

TBR

Quoted message said:

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."
S**t list: Charlie Bendahoe, TBR imposter